Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks (born January 18, 1964) is an English comedian and actress.

She was born in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. She went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. She lives with writer, Nick Vivian. They have a son, Dylan, and a daughter, Molly.

While working on a play directed by Jim Cartwright she used to warm up by doing singing impressions of Judy Garland and Ethel Merman. Cartwright was so impressed with her that he wrote the play and the movie Little Voice just to show off her talent.

Television credits

Absolutely Fabulous, Bad Girl, Boon, Heartland, Henry IV, Hunt for Venus, La Nonna, Leaving Home, Never Mind the Horrocks, Nightlife, Red Dwarf, Road, Roots, Some Kind of Life, Suffer the Little Children, The Garden, Welcome to the Times

Selected filmography

  • Born Romantic (2000)
  • Chicken Run (2000)
  • Little Voice (1998)
  • Some Kind of Life (1995)
  • Second Best (1994)
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Memphis Belle (1990)
  • Getting It Right (1989)
  • Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The (1988)
  • Road (1987)

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Absolutely Fabulous, Bad Girl, Boon, Heartland, Henry IV, Hunt for Venus, La Nonna, Leaving Home, Never Mind the Horrocks, Nightlife, Red Dwarf, Road, Roots, Some Kind of Life, Suffer the Little Children, The Garden, Welcome to the Times. She never had a particularly successful adult career, although she did win a Tony Award for her performance in The Bad Seed, which she followed up by starring in the film version and receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Cartwright was so impressed with her that he wrote the play and the movie Little Voice just to show off her talent. Nancy was a child star, who had made so many movies by the time she was nine years old, that Film Daily called her "the most photographed child in America due to commercial posing.". While working on a play directed by Jim Cartwright she used to warm up by doing singing impressions of Judy Garland and Ethel Merman. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the sister of actor Jack Kelly. They have a son, Dylan, and a daughter, Molly. Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 - January 2, 1995) was an American actress.

She lives with writer, Nick Vivian. She went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was born in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. Jane Horrocks (born January 18, 1964) is an English comedian and actress.

Road (1987). Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The (1988). Getting It Right (1989). Memphis Belle (1990).

Life Is Sweet (1990). Second Best (1994). Some Kind of Life (1995). Little Voice (1998).

Chicken Run (2000). Born Romantic (2000).